FLORES v. MELO-PALACIOS

No. 13-94-149-CV.

921 S.W.2d 399 (1996)

Blanca Estella FLORES, and the Attorney General of Texas, The Texas Title IV-D Agency, Appellants, v. Rafael Ernesto MELO-PALACIOS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled May 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Morales, Attorney General, Austin, Jorge Vega, First Asst. Attorney General, Austin, Karen S. Guerra, Guerra & Guerra, McAllen, Rhonda Amkraut Pressley, Assistant Attorney General, Child Support Enforcement, Austin, for Appellants.

Jose E. Garcia, Scott Breitenwischer, Garcia & Ramirez, McAllen, Neil E. Norquest, Norquest & Brisack, McAllen, Chris A. Brisack, Norquest & Brisack, McAllen, for Appellee.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and YAÑEZ and CHAVEZ, JJ.


OPINION

YAÑEZ, Justice.

Appellant, Blanca Flores, filed an action against Rafael Melo-Palacios to register, enforce, and modify a Mexican decree for child support. The Attorney General, also an appellant and as the Texas agency providing child support services, filed a petition in intervention. Melo-Palacios filed a special appearance as to both appellants' pleadings challenging the trial court's personal jurisdiction. The trial court denied the Attorney...

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